Category: crypto

Oman has launched Omanhash, a national Bitcoin mining pool for licensed crypto mining companies in the country. The pool, managed by Enegix and Frontier Technologies, aims to consolidate 10 EH/s in its first phase. This initiative follows years of mining investment in Oman, aligning with the country’s digital infrastructure strategy.

Base has deployed its Beryl upgrade to the Sepolia testnet and plans to release it on mainnet on June 25. The upgrade introduces a native token standard, B20, reduces withdrawal times to Ethereum from seven days to five days, and includes infrastructure upgrades through Reth V2. Future updates will allow issuers to pay transaction fees…

Bitcoin fell to around $62,000 on Friday. CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju warned that Michael Saylor’s accumulation strategy may not be enough to address the market’s biggest threat, which is prolonged stagnation rather than a sudden crash. Concerns also arise about Strategy’s financing structure and the need for a new market narrative.

Senate negotiations on the CLARITY Act continue, with many lawmakers, including Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman, still lacking a full understanding of the bill. Despite some disagreements, there is optimism that the legislation could reach the Senate floor after the August recess, with key issues including stablecoin yield provisions and ethics rules for government…

Rakuten Wallet has launched a “Photo Contest 2026” campaign rewarding selected dog photos with meme coins. Users can participate by posting dog photos with a specific hashtag. Eleven winners will receive Shiba Inu (SHIB) tokens, while one grand prize winner will receive Dogecoin (DOGE) tokens. This campaign aims to engage users beyond standard exchange trading…

JPMorgan has restricted employee access to Anthropic’s Claude models in Hong Kong due to licensing terms. This follows a similar decision by Goldman Sachs. Concerns have been raised about Hong Kong’s competitiveness in AI tools. Anthropic also faced challenges with U.S. government export-control directives and a class-action lawsuit over usage limits.

Aztec Labs is investigating a potential exploit on a deprecated payments product from 2021 where $2 million was moved from an old contract on Ethereum. The Aztec Foundation confirms that the current network and AZTEC ERC20 token are not linked to this incident. This follows a separate exploit reported earlier in the week.

Capital B shareholders approved €5 billion in capital increases and €100 billion in credit instruments for the company’s Bitcoin treasury strategy. The approval also included changing the company’s legal name to Capital B. The company aims to increase Bitcoin per fully diluted share and plans to launch a Bitcoin-backed digital credit product.

SBI Remit partners with Fasset to develop stablecoin-based infrastructure for cross-border payments and other financial services. The partnership combines SBI Remit’s remittance network and Fasset’s blockchain network for faster and lower-cost money transfers. Future services include stablecoin payment products, digital wallets, debit cards, and AI-driven financial tools.

DGrid AI’s new Proof of Quality framework aims to evaluate AI outputs and improve reward distribution in decentralized networks. The research introduces reference-free scoring by training specialized AI judges to assess output quality without needing correct answers, ultimately enhancing decentralized AI reward systems.